i believe it would be a complete waste of time to spend the amount of time and money into such a project, then have it as an automatic.
it's like saying you're going to buy some nice Infinity speakers in your car and power them with a two knob radio. IT'S POINTLESS to have something with that much potential be held back!!!
plus, if you want something that requires less maintenance, cheaper, and more available, i'd swap over a GSR motor if i were you. i was about to build a LS/Vtec motor, until i summed up how much it was going to cost to get all the parts. not worth it..

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